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Jackson’s Concept Series Limited Edition Soloist SL Walnut HS is a no-nonsense, high-performance shred machine. A neck-through 3-piece maple/wenge neck with graphite reinforcement delivers near-endless sustain, aided by the mahogany body wings and stunning walnut top. This Soloist’s neck lives up to its name with a smooth ebony fingerboard boasting a 12-inch to 16-inch neck radius that’s ideal for lightning-fast licks and solos up and down the neck. Jackson loaded the SL Walnut HS with a combo of Seymour Duncan pickups, sporting an SSL-6 single-coil in the neck and a bridge TB-10 Full Shred ? a versatile combo that Sweetwater guitarists find to be perfect for the player requiring round, defined cleans and full-power metal crunch. Finally, a Floyd Rose Original locking tremolo keeps this axe’s tuning rock-solid, even when playing wild dive-bombs.





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Compound-radius fingerboard: the best of both worlds





The Concept Series Limited Edition Soloist SL Walnut HS sports a compound-radius ebony fingerboard with jumbo frets. Down low, your fretting hand will appreciate the 12-inch radius that keeps things comfortable for natural, relaxed chord work. Up top, a 16-inch radius lays it all out flat for effortless, low-action high-speed runs with monumental string bends without fretting out ? providing you with the best of both worlds. What's more, the Soloist SL Walnut HS’s neck-through-body design elicits near-endless sustain.





Seymour Duncan pickups deliver high-output tone





You'll have no trouble getting a huge sound out of your amplifier with the Concept Series Limited Edition Soloist SL Walnut HS. In the neck position, you'll find a Seymour Duncan SSL-6 single-coil pickup. The SSL-6 is an overwound pickup that captures a nice balance of punch and clarity, offering the traditional articulation of single coils with a bit of extra girth. It’s a great match for the TB-10 Full Shred humbucker in the bridge position, which metal guitarists at Sweetwater love for its slightly scooped midrange with balanced lows and highs.





Floyd Rose tremolo delivers killer action and reliable tuning





True to the high standards Sweetwater guitarists expect from Jackson, this incredible guitar was built with nothing but quality hardware onboard. That’s why they gave the Soloist SL Walnut a Floyd Rose Original tremolo tailpiece. Floyd Rose bridges stay in tune, holding up to the abuse any hard-rocking guitarist dishes out.





Jackson Concept Series Soloist SL HS Electric Guitar Features:


Resonant mahogany body with an elegant walnut top


3-piece maple/wenge neck-through neck delivers near-endless sustain


High-performance 12-inch to 16-inch ebony fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets


Floyd Rose Original tremolo for wild vibrato and dive bombs


Seymour Duncan TB-10 and SSL-6 pickups offer a versatile tonal combination that excels at both clean and dirty sounds


Gorgeous gold hardware


Form core case included